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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. B. MANNING,-of Middletown, in thc countyof Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Ice'Pitchers; and-I do hereby declare the followingywhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawing-s, and the letters of reference :marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, iu-

Figure 1, a side view'.

Figure 2, a vertical central section; and in Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, different constructions of my improvement.

My invention relates to an improvement in the commonl ice pitchers, whereby the bottom is strengthened, the object being to overcome an existing diicultywhicharises from accidentally or carelessly dropping pieces of iceinto the pitcher, which, striking the bottom, indent more or less, so that unless considerable care is exer cised in placing ice in the pitcher, the bottom is soon injured to such an extent that repairs are necessary orthc pitcher s-uselcss; and to enable others to construct pitchers embodying my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Ais the outer case and B the bottom, to which it is attached; C, the inner case, and D the inner bottom attached thereto, all constructed so as to leave a space nearlyor entirely around the inner case. This is tho common construction, no other support being given to the bottom than the natural strength of the metal itself; therefore, when pieces of ice are dropped into the pitchers, unless great care is exercised, they strike heavily upon and indent the bottom D, which being frequently done, the bottom is soon pierced and the pitcher requires repairs, which are very inconvenient to make, if made at all. It rmay be proper to here remark, though it is `well known, that the metal used in the manufacture of such pitchers is the common Britanna,ivhich is very soft and easily indented. .This metal is'used because it has no injurious eects upon the water, and does not rust. To overcome this dirculty, I place between thetwo bottoms D and B a hard metal plate, a, fitted to the under surface of the inner bottom D, (see g. 2,) having formed thereon supports, Vd d, which rest upon the bottom B,

This is alsoiseen in fig. 3, the supports ,d being flanges cast upon the plate a. The plate a fitting the under surface of the'bottom D, prevents'the indentation of the bottom D, as before described. This construction for supporting the bottom D I believe to be the vmost practical and cheapest; yet, if preferred, fian ges,ff, more or less in number, as seen in iig. 4, may be soldered, brazcd, or otherwise attached to or formed upon the bottom- D, the said anges extendingA down and bearing upon the upper surface of the bottom D; or circular anges, L, may in like manner be fixed to or made apart of the bottom D, as seen in fig. 5, in like manner extending down to and resting upon the bottom B; or, as seen in iig. 6, bars, z', more or less in number, may be extended across beneath the bottom B and secured to the outer case A. This last is more expensive than the others, and

has other serious objections, but is given' in order to show that the object of my invention may be accomplished in various ways.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with bottoms D and B I claim the plate a, constructed and arranged so as to support the bottom D, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth,

` E. B. MANNING.

W'itnesses:

JAMES L. Henson', T. H. HALL. 

